"Battlestar Galactica" isn't the only cable series behemoth looking to ends it run in the near future. The popular FX series "The Shield" did just that over the weekend, a show that proved basic cable could be the home for blockbuster television, especially in areas that were least expected like AMC ...
Read MoreThis story contains potential MAJOR SPOILERS for the final episodes of "Battlestar Galactica," along with the possible identity of the final Cylon. It's been one of the best kept secrets in science-fiction fandom: Who is the 12th and final Cylon, and when will it be revealed? Sources have told Airlo ...
Read MoreIt's not often that an Americanized version of a British television import gets high marks from the people who created it in the first place, but Ashley Pharoah says he loves what ABC has done with his show "Life On Mars" since David E. Kelley left after the original pilot. "We're really very proud ...
Read MoreThe company which holds the television rights to the Star Trek franchise could have a "for sale" shingle on it by 2009. Sumner Redstone, the controlling partner of both Viacom and CBS, already is looking to sell a 1,500-screen theater chain he owns, and may need to satisfy investors by possibly unlo ...
Read MoreLast week, "Smallville" matched a season high with a 2.9 rating/5 share on The CW, something practically considered a blockbuster on that netlet. Now, however, Clark Kent has some competition in the genre, and believe it or not, it's coming from a network that's not The CW, but instead is run by Rup ...
Read MoreWhen "Heroes" creator Tim Kring called people who watch his show live "poor saps" and "dipshits," the fan community was outraged. Forums all over the Internet filled up with fans complaining about how Kring was characterizing his audience. Kring, however, has offered an apology for what he described ...
Read MoreNegotiations between the Screen Actors Guild -- Hollywood's largest actors union -- and the studios have broken down once again, and now SAG is asking for its members to authorize a strike that could produce the second work stoppage to afflict Tinseltown in as many years. SAG and the Alliance of Mot ...
Read MoreYou?ve got to admit, there is a lot of stigma attached to the Star Trek franchise. One would think that making billions of dollars in profits and essentially carrying Paramount through a tough time in the early 1990s would have helped alleviate it. But for better or worse, J.J. Abrams? new and impro ...
Read More"Smallville's" latest episode, "Bride," certainly ended with quite a punch to carry the series over into the new year, and the effects of those events will certainly be felt for a while to come. The principal impact however will be the introduction of a group of heroes from the DC future ... none ot ...
Read MoreVivendi could decide as early as the beginning of December on whether or not it wants to hold on to its last small ownership stake in NBC Universal, a move that could give General Electric full control of the media company. After selling its Vivendi Universal Entertainment to GE in 2004, the French ...
Read MoreIt's not exactly a surprise, but ABC has finally cancelled "Pushing Daisies" after a disastrous second season. The network has decided not to order any more episodes of "Pushing Daisies" along with "Eli Stone" and "Dirty Sexy Money," according to Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello. All three sh ...
Read MoreSince some fans decided to pull together a few hundred of their closest friends to celebrate "Star Trek" and got thousands instead, the convention has been almost synonymous with science-fiction fandom. For many years, they were a place where people could not only meet some of their favorite actors ...
Read MoreIf Tim Kring is ready to make some changes to the format of "Heroes" to bring viewers back, he better hope there's a show to do it with. The NBC series earned a 4.6 rating/7 share, according to Fast National ratings from Nielsen Media Research, another record in "Heroes'" smallest audience book. Wit ...
Read More"Heroes" was meant to be NBC's answer to "Lost" and "24," but it may not be a serial much longer. Series creator Tim Kring told a panel at the recent Screenwriting Expo that maintaining serials like "Heroes" have been "an absolute bear to do." Television viewers, he says, don't watch TV on the same ...
Read MoreGood news for "Supernatural" fans: Of the five returning fall genre shows, only The CW series starring Jared Padelecki and Jensen Ackles has a bigger audience over last year. In a review of Fast National ratings from Nielsen Media Research by Airlock Alpha, over the first 10 active weeks of the 2008 ...
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